Colonization Of The New World

European settlers first came to the New World for multiple reasons. It started with Christopher Columbus wanting to find a shorter and quicker route to the East. Failing to do so, he made the New World’s existence known to the Old World. It wasn’t just the Europeans who decided to come to the New World. The Spanish government was informed of the New World

Although the Spanish and the British started colonizing the new world relatively at the same time their colonization efforts we’re extremely different but had some overlapping similarities. The differences include the two nations different reasoning to explore the New World, their relationship with the Natives, and it types of governments that they attempted to set up. Although some of these differences might not seem as if they are very important, they helped one nation do you better than the other one when it came to colonization efforts.

1). The Nations of Europe sought to expand their empire because they were on the verge of overpopulation.Between 1550 and 1600 the population grew from three million to four million people. Also, England and Spain were at a war for power. The Spanish attempts at colonizing the New World had been extremely successful, for they had gained both wealth and power. The English did not see such success, as their ships would crash, be lost to the seas, or their colonization efforts would cease to be useful. Through the Spaniards control over the Americas they had gained a massive naval army, noted as the Spanish Armada. The Spanish attempt to invade England in 1588 failed which lead to the beginning of the fall of the Spanish empire in the New World.

Discovering this new world definitely caught the Europeans off guard but the Europeans took advantage and handled the changed really

A couple factors influenced exploration, conquest, and settlement of the New World. One of these was the desire for cheap and abundant raw resources of the New World. These included Gold, lumber, fur, tobacco and many other resources. The Europeans explored in order to find new lands to colonize and extract resources from to send back to Europe. In addition, Europeans explored the New World in order to find potential trade routes to

The “New World”, now known as the “Atlantic World”, is the history of the connections between western Europe and the British, Spanish, Dutch, and French colonies. They were all a part of the great imperial project set off by Europe. The main influence of the Atlantic World was the expansion of commerce from Europe and Africa to America. Some traveled in search of religious freedom, or to escape from oppression, but most were in search of economic opportunity. As this went on, slave trade began rising between Africa and European America. In the mid-eighteenth century, the “Great Awakening” began in Britain, which spread to the Americas, as did The Enlightenment, which helped spread scientific and technological knowledge. Artistic, scholarly,

The founding of the New World fascinated many Europeans because of the possibilities of the economic, political, and social growth. Europeans packed their belongings and boarded the boat to new beginnings. Arriving in the Americas was not what they had expected. Already pre-occupied in the land, were the Native Americans. The Native Americans refused the Europeans colonization in the America’s, but not all colonies in the Europe just wanted to colonize with the Natives. The intentions of the Europeans colonies were all different, as the Dutch solely came for business transactions. The Dutch business transactions resulted in the change of economic, political, and social movements, changing the lives of the Native’s.

The Europeans were driven to colonize the New World for several reasons, one being religion. However, the question is to what extent? Did they really colonize the New World to church them or to make a profit and expand their empire? First off, the Spanish journeyed into the Indies because of legends of vast wealth that could be had. As they searched for gold, they pillaged the natives homes and crossed over several boundaries. Through their conquests, they spread European diseases that resulted in an epidemic, decreasing the native population by about 90 percent. The Spaniards spread their religion by forcing it upon the Natives. If they had been genuinely concerned about the faith of the population, they would have found better ways to spread

Colonization is the act of setting up a colony away from one 's place of origin” (Colonization, 2015) .The history of the colonization of Massachusetts and Georgia is very interesting both of these two colonies were founded under basically the same premises which were seeking a better life. However, there are some similarities and differences that are evident.

The discovery of the New World impacted everyone from Europe, Africa and even the Natives that were already inhabited in the new world. It impacted them and affected everyone in such an undesirable way due to all the violence events that occurred. The European Colonization of the Americas should be remembered as a tragedy, because of the spread of diseases, the amount of violence towards Native Americans, and it sparked the beginning of the slave trade in the colonies. These were only a few of the reasons why the colonization of America should be remembered as a tragic event in history.

The Europeans came to the Americas to expand their wealth and broaden their sway over world affairs. The Spanish were one of the first Europeans to explore the New World, and they were actually the first to settle. The first colony founded was that of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Many of the people who settled in the New World came to flee from religious persecution. Upon arriving, they were faced with many obstacles involving the Native American Indians, the harsh weather climates and starvation.

The creation, evolution, and ascension to greatness of the United States of America is often attributed to the deeds and works of men. Presidents, leaders, and other great minds often take credit for the formation of this once great nation. However, behind those prominent figures, there are processes and concepts that are in motion. Ideas such as settler colonialism, chattel slavery, and globalization are the things that have truly shaped the United States. The first 13 colonies were founded upon the basis of settler colonialism, the growth of the nation was enabled by chattel slavery, and the rise of the country as a world power was brought about by Globalization. Despite all of this, one must take into consideration the repercussions of such rapid development. Globalization connected the US to other nations and allowed Settler Colonialism and Chattel Slavery to affect more groups of people. The unequal material conditions of land and labor that resulted from these processes benefited the US to the detriment of other races.

North America was a region in the world that was new to many especially the settlers who’d later live there. For thousands of years this region was unknown until men from other countries began traveling from sea to see this part of the world they never knew about. These people who came to what is now known as the United States of America sought to establish a new life. Before the English, Spanish and French colonies stepped foot on North America there were already Indian tribes who inhabited the land. Soon after reaching this land colonist began to settle in and began working and living. Each colony struck an alliance with the native tribes who lived near them. At the same time the colonists weren’t on good terms. The primary role of the Indians

Exploratory expeditions to the New World quickly led to colonial settlements, as the major European countries vied with each other for a portion of the western hemisphere’s riches. »full text

The XVII century was dominated by European influence, and the continuous arrival of new settlers was making difficult the creation of a genuine literature movement within the Americas. The first literature that was born in the colonies had a religious characteristic. Most of the writings revolved around the religion, and the themes that were treated the most were innocence and sin. Most of these texts were written based on passages of the Bible, and they showed the conservative characteristics typical of the puritan ideology.